Industrials / Specialty Industrial MachineryUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Market cap

15.8B

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Market data

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E24.7

P25 14.6P50 20.6P75 30.4

Trailing P/E30.7

P25 17.1P50 27.2P75 47.6

ROE17.5

P25 -16.4P50 5.9P75 16.4

ROIC12.2

P25 -10.3P50 5.1P75 12.2

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Indicator catalog

All NDSN market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

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Showing 277 of 277 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000072331
Company name	Nordson Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	655663102
Employees	8,000
Employees Change	100%
Employees Change Percent	1.27
Enterprise value	$17.8B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
In Index	SP500
Industry	Specialty Industrial Machinery
Isin	US6556631025
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$15.8B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Price	$284
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	355,716x
Sector	Industrials
Sic	3569
Symbol	NDSN
Website	https://www.nordson.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	3.31%
EV Earnings	33.98x
EV Sales Forward	5.86x
EV/EBIT	23.43x
EV/EBITDA	19.56x
EV/FCF	27.51x
EV/Sales	6.25x
FCF yield	4.09%
Forward P/E	24.67x
P/B ratio	5.08x
P/E ratio	30.67x
P/S ratio	5.56x
PE Ratio10 Y	27.3x
PE Ratio3 Y	27.72x
PE Ratio5 Y	28.75x
PEG ratio	1.9x
PS Forward	5.22x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	26.67%
EBITDA Margin	31.94%
FCF margin	22.71%
Gross margin	55.28%
Gross Profit	$1.6B
Gross Profit Growth	6.2%
Gross Profit Growth Q	9%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	3.59%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	6.33%
Net Income	$523.2M
Net Income Growth	15.66%
Net Income Growth Q	40.92%
Net Income Growth Quarters	3%
Net Income Growth Years	1%
Net Income Growth3 Y	1.73%
Net Income Growth5 Y	13.72%
Pretax Margin	22.68%
Profit Margin	18.39%
Profit Per Employee	$65,400
Profitable Years	16
ROA	8.02
Roa5y	9.19
ROCE	13.8
ROE	17.47
Roe5y	19.86
ROIC	12.18
Roic5y	14.69

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	15.26%
Cagr15y	13.15%
Cagr1y	51.92%
Cagr20y	13.52%
Cagr3y	10.18%
Cagr5y	7.53%
Div CAGR10	13.17%
Div CAGR3	9.61%
Div CAGR5	15.89%
EPS Growth	17.62
EPS Growth Q	44.24
EPS Growth Quarters	3
EPS Growth Years	1
EPS Growth3 Y	2.55
EPS Growth5 Y	14.49
FCF Growth	39.09%
FCF Growth Q	-10.75%
FCF Growth3 Y	11.19%
FCF Growth5 Y	5.92%
OCF Growth	29.01%
OCF Growth Q	-11.75%
OCF Growth10 Y	9.43%
OCF Growth3 Y	10.56%
OCF Growth5 Y	5.76%
Revenue Growth	6.5x
Revenue Growth Q	8.78x
Revenue Growth Quarters	4x
Revenue Growth Years	5x
Revenue Growth3 Y	3.17x
Revenue Growth5 Y	5.74x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.48
Assets	$6B
Cash	$121.8M
Current Assets	$1.3B
Current Liabilities	$460M
Debt	$2.1B
Debt EBITDA	$2.24
Debt Equity	$0.67
Debt FCF	$3.23
Equity	$3.1B
Interest Coverage	7.53
Liabilities	$2.8B
Long Term Assets	$4.7B
Long Term Liabilities	$2.4B
Net Cash	$-2B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-12.41
Net Debt EBITDA	$2.16
Net Debt Equity	$0.63
Net Debt FCF	$3.04
Tangible Book Value	$-891.6M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$-15.98
WACC	9.04

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	2.72
Inventory Turnover	2.76
Net Working Capital	$746.4M
Quick ratio	1.51
Working Capital	$791.6M
Working Capital Turnover	$3.71

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	1.78%
Dividend Growth	7.28%
Dividend Growth Years	63%
Dividend per share	$3.28
Dividend Years	63
Dividend Yield	1.16%
Ex Div Date	2026-03-19
Last Dividend	$0.82
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	35.04%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	313.62%
1Y total return	51.88%
200-day SMA	249.8
3Y total return	33.78%
50-day SMA	275.7
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	43.75%
All Time High	305.3
All Time High Change	-7.12%
All Time High Date	2026-02-19
All Time Low	3.75
All Time Low Change	7,460.8%
All Time Low Date	1985-10-31
ATR	6.07
Beta	0.99
Beta1y	0.98
Beta2y	1.06
Ch YTD	17.93
High	286.4
High52	305.3
High52 Date	2026-02-19
High52ch	-7.12%
Low	282.6
Low52	190.8
Low52 Date	2025-05-08
Low52ch	48.6%
Ma50ch	2.85%
Price vs 200-day SMA	13.52%
RSI	54.66
RSI Monthly	60.84
RSI Weekly	62.9
Sharpe ratio	1.81x
Sortino ratio	3.42
Total Return	2.93%
Tr YTD	18.29
Tr15y	537.64%
Tr1m	6.8%
Tr1w	0.12%
Tr3m	-1.99%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	5
Analyst Count Top	3
Analyst Price Target Top	$325
Analyst Ratings	Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$2.83
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	16.94
Earnings Revenue Estimate	732,831,472x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	7.31x
Operating Income	$758.9M
Operating Income Growth	13.34
Operating Income Growth Q	17.88
Operating Income Growth3 Y	4.96
Operating Income Growth5 Y	10.43
Operating margin	26.67
Price target	$321
Price Target Change	$13.15
Price Target Change Top	$14.51

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	49,739,095%
Float Percent	89.16%
Net Borrowing	-205,375,000
Shares Insiders	5.63%
Shares Institutions	77.31%
Shares Out	55,783,598
Shares Qo Q	-0.51%
Shares Yo Y	-1.78%
Short Float	2.17%
Short Ratio	3.11
Short Shares	1.93

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$627.1M
Average Volume	315,252.15x
Bv Per Share	55.79
CAPEX	$-54.2M
Ch10y	272.2
Ch15y	443.4
Ch1m	6.8
Ch1w	0.12
Ch1y	49.79
Ch20y	900.8
Ch3m	-2.29
Ch3y	28.78
Ch5y	35.77
Ch6m	21.89
Change	-0.21%
Change From Open	-0.74
Close	284.1
Days Gap	0.53
Depreciation Amortization	150,077,000
Dollar Volume	125,587,628.8
Earnings Date	2026-05-20
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$758.9M
EBITDA	$908.9M
EPS	$9.25
F Score	7
FCF	$646.3M
FCF EV Yield	3.64x
FCF Per Share	$11.59
Financing CF	-691,090,000
Fiscal Year End	October
Founded	1,935
Goodwill	3,332,244,000
Graham Number	107.72945
Graham Upside	-62
Income Tax	$122.1M
Investing CF	-30,085,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-02-18
Last Report Date	2026-01-31
Last Split Date	2011-04-13
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2025-12-17
Lynch Fair Value	$127
Lynch Upside	-55.27
Ma150	259.3
Ma150ch	9.35%
Ma20	281.9
Ma20ch	0.59%
Net CF	-10,032,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-05-20
Open	285.7
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	24.47
P OCF Ratio	22.58
Payment Date	2026-04-03
Position In Range	23.54
Ppne	591,266,000
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$17.4
Relative Volume	1.41x
Revenue	2,845,728,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.67x
Share Based Comp	19,202,000
Tax By Revenue	4.29x
Tax Rate	18.92%
Tr20y	1,163.23%
Tr6m	22.69%
Us State	Ohio
Volume	442,943
Z Score	4.78

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Income

NDSN dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+1.2%

$3.28 annual per share

Payout ratio

+35.0%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+15.9%

63 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+2.9%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-03-19

Performance

NDSN stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns NDSN?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+77.3%

Float: +89.2% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+5.6%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

NDSN momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

54.7

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+13.5%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.99

Moves roughly with the market

Sharpe ratio

1.81

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

NDSN vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
BA	The Boeing Company	187.1B	95.1x	2.0x	-13.6%	+10.3%	+27.9%	Sprzedaj
CAT	Caterpillar Inc.	413.4B	44.7x	5.8x	16.5%	+10.5%	+183.2%	Sprzedaj
DE	Deere & Company	155.3B	32.4x	3.3x	6.0%	+4.8%	+23.3%	Sprzedaj

Questions

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